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(ModeL) G. Y. BOGART.

Neck Yoke.

No. 242,255. Patented May 31, 1881.

71 z/zzgor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE Y. BOGART, OF FARMER VILLAGE, NEIV YORK.

NECK- YOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,255, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed April 4, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Y. BOGART, of Farmer Village, in the county of Seneca, and in the State of New York, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Neck- Yokes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in neck-yokes for harness; and it has for its objects to provide an improved means of attaching the leather or pole-support to the neck-yoke bar, and these objects I attain by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improvement; Fig. 2, a sectional view on the line or m of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a detached view of one of the elasps or clips by which the leather is secured to the yoke, and Fig. 4 a detached view of a modification of the clasp or clip.

The letterAindicates the yoke, which is constructed in the usual manner, and B the leather or pole-support, which has the usual openin 0, for the purpose.

The letter D indicates the clips or clasps, which are formed of metal so as to partially encircle the yoke at each side of the shoulder E. The said clips are provided or formed with parallel lips F, which embrace the leather at its upper edge, and are secured thereto by means of the screw bolts and nuts G H.

The letter I indicates a metallicstrarnthrough which the screw-bolts also pass, and by means of which the clasps are more securelyconnected.

(Modch) The outer ends of the clips are closed by block permanently attached to or formed on one of the lips, the lips being united at these points by means of the pins L, as indicated. The said blocks are recessed on the inside, as

the ends of a removable bar, M, which extends through a loop at the upper edge ofthe leather, by means of which the leather is held with the utmost security to the yoke and clips.

Having thus described my invention, what .I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the neck-yoke and the leather or pole-support, the clips or clasps partially encircling the yoke, and provided with lips which embrace the upper edge of theleather, the connecting-strap, and confining bolts and nuts, and the movable or attached blocks closing the outer ends of the clasps or clips, all substantial] y as and for the purposes specified.

2. Thecombination ot'theyoke-bar and clasps secured thereto and their lips, the recessed blocks confined or secured between the clasps or clips, the rod seated at its ends in the recessed blocks, and the leather, the whole arranged and secured together substantially in the manner specified.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoingI have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21st day of March, 1881.

GEORGE Y. BOGART.

indicated by the letter N, for the reception of means of removable blocks K, or by a solid 40 

